Posts tagged ‘Recycling’

10 Reasons for Recycling

January 15th, 2010

Ten Reasons for Recycling A New Year’s reminder – this may be old news but I think it worthwhile to remind ourselves once in a while why we do reuse, reduce, recycle. According to estimates, every American produces an average of 7.5 pounds of trash on a daily basis.  Yikes!  That may not seem like [...]

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Plastic Cap Recycling

January 11th, 2010

Recycling plastic caps or lids is an issue which just keeps going on. Not too long ago I said to include them but do not attach them to the bottle as they tend to explode during the recycling process and can cause injury to workers.  Most recycling companies will take the lids but the question [...]

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Airline Going Green

November 13th, 2009

When I lived in Phoenix I became quite attached to Southwest Airlines. They seemed to really “have it together.” I always had the feeling that the customer really was FIRST in their company. Now I have moved and have to drive four hours to get on a Southwest flight. So far, I have opted out [...]

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“Earth Overshoot Day”

October 19th, 2009

You know how every year there is a big to do about reaching a certain date where finally you have worked enough to pay the government and now you can work for yourself? I’m not sure when that is but I remember it well when I was in the work force. Now we have “Earth [...]

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